Tippers for LONDON

摘要

Transport for London's (TfL) stress on low-height truck cabs and the Direct Vision Standard as the best means of ensuring vulnerable road users are not injured by tippers and other lorries is applying a 20th century solution to a 21st century problem. So says IVECO alternative fuels director Martin Flach. He observes: "It helps a bit, but if it were that effective then people in London would never be hurt or killed by buses or bin wagons." Both types of vehicles have low driving positions with glazing all around. In Flach's view, it is far better to mandate the installation of cameras, sensors and other safety devices that will alert drivers to a hazard, rather than relying on drivers eyeballing a cyclist who is getting dangerously close to their lorry, and responding accordingly.